Example to whack a 3par node who is allready initialized.
This is largely because the node has not joined cluster or may have a hardware failure.
Firstly, look at the LEDs on this node ;
BLUE : its down / failed
Amber : component failure
Green solid : awaiting to join cluster.
Note: Remember to use the old node IDE / disk from the failed node ( if the node failure was not due to the IDE )
Check if the node has not come up due to node parameter settings issue we need to get in to the WHACK once serialled in and issue ‘promedit’ . Here we will need to set the values. (Use CTRL + W to get to WHACK prompt once connected serially to this node)
Remember 7400 and 7400C parameters are different ;
Look at the example for a 7400 below ;
SMI Whack> prom edit
Board Spin: 03
Size * 256 bytes: 04
Board Class: 920
Board Base: 200040
Board Rev: 91
Assembly Vendor: FXN
Assembly Year: 2012
Assembly Week: 30
Assembly Day: 03
Assembly Serial: 00103530
Alternate Class: ffff
Alternate Base: ffff
Alternate Dash: ff
System Serial: <7 digit serial> < —– System Serial is set with the command ‘set perm sys_serial=<7 digit serial>’
Node ID: 01 < ——— set correct node ID – node 1 = 01 node 0 = 00 ; likewise.
Midplane Type: 1b < ———- This is the correct value for 7400
Node Type: 40 < ———- This is the correct value for 7400
Next, at WHACK prompt you also need to enter the command to set the 7 digit serial number as below ;
set perm sys_serial=<7 digit 3PAR serial>
